Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 3,026 people, lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 10% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Emmerin earns a C+: better than 44% of compared French towns, and #57 of 189 in Nord. Homes sell for a median €2,440/m²: 70 m² comes to 7 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Fewer journeys need a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Emmerin does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Emmerin with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Emmerin as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Piat, in Seclin, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and gardens in and near Emmerin. Best known first.
MuseumMaison folie de Wazemmes4.8 km northeast, in Lille
Art galleryLa Malterie4.8 km northeast, in LilleAttractionAttractionBeffroi de Loos2.6 km north, in LoosAttractionAttractionChâteau de Landas3.3 km north, in LoosAttractionAttractionMaison, 2, 3 place Genevières4.4 km northeast, in LilleMuseumMuseumLe Petit Musée2.2 km southeast, in Noyelles-lès-SeclinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Emmerin.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 221 residents of Emmerin died, against 202 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 10% more. Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 3 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
For its 1,350 residents in work, Emmerin has 300 jobs: 0.2 each. 7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 8.3% of working residents in Emmerin to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,440/m², comes from 109 sales of houses and apartments in Emmerin from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,439/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 298 candidates at 5 lycées. The closest collège is 1.1 mi off. Results rank its schools #65 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René DescartesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 69%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent BeaupréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 299 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 96 | 98%+17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, 46 offenses were recorded in Emmerin. Graded property crimes ran at 15.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3.1 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 15.8% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Nord’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Nearly a fifth of residents have reached 65. Line up the people of Emmerin by age and the one in the middle is 43.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Emmerin | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Emmerin is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Emmerin.
Philippe Kemel: Pkemel, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmerin | 3,026 | — | C+ | C− | B | D |
| Haubourdin | 15,074 | 1.4 | C− | C− | C− | C− |
| Loos | 22,567 | 1.4 | C− | C− | D | C |
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 3,326 | 1.5 | B | C− | B | B |
| Santes | 5,652 | 1.8 | A | D | A− | A |
| Wattignies | 15,525 | 1.8 | C | C− | C | A− |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin | 4,683 | 2.2 | B | D | C | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #46 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #65 of 195 in Nord. 97% of 299 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Beaupré in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,440/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Emmerin grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Emmerin is a commune of 3,026 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
